Breaking the silence: Dr Dominique Lee on how she survived sexual assault by her would-be supervisor
In 2013, Dr Dominique Lee — then a radiation oncology registrar — was drugged and sexually assaulted by Professor John Kearsley at his home. Over…
Carmel Sparke
Carmel is news editor of 6minutes.
‘Patient safety fail’: AMA blasts pharmacy board’s autonomous prescribing vision
The AMA has applied a blowtorch to the Pharmacy Board of Australia’s plan for autonomous pharmacist prescribing of S4 and S8 drugs, accusing it of…
Dr Tatum Maybir: The inspiring story of a mum of six who made it into medicine
Dr Tatum Maybir.During a childhood of constant upheaval, Dr Tatum Maybir never imagined she would become a doctor, let alone do it while raising six…
‘Lives will be lost’: Trauma doctors warn medicinal cannabis driving threshold has no scientific basis
Leading trauma surgeons, anaesthetists and ED doctors have condemned a government plan to allow 300,000 medicinal cannabis users to drive while on the drug, warning…
From sepsis survivor to world traveller: Practice nurse wins $125,000 gap year
It has been a long time coming, but after more than 42 years of nursing, Yvonne Reynolds is finally getting her gap year. The Brisbane…
‘She didn’t need to die’: Doctors felt helpless in aftermath of freebirther’s death
“She didn’t need to have this happen to her. We could have helped her if only we had been involved, if only we had had…
How GP Dr Josh Saunders went from running a marathon dressed as a bee to an AFL show stopper watched by millions
GP Dr Josh Saunders has run a marathon dressed as a bumblebee to raise money for motor neurone disease research. But his fundraising efforts reached…
‘I thought it would be dangerous’: Meet the GP who took to the streets
Dr Jeff Jankelson helps a young man on the brink of homelessness. Photo: Newspix.On most days, GP Dr Jeff Jankelson treats the patients who on…
Nurse Liz Hicklin wrote poems for her patients — then Sylvia Plath stole her boyfriend
Liz Hicklin is touring her one-woman show, 95 & Still Alive, promoted as (probably) Australia’s oldest sit-down, stand-up comedian. Leaning on her pink walker, the…
Doctor who smacked infant after ‘painful bites’ cleared of misconduct: tribunal
A New Zealand doctor accused of smacking an infant who bit them several times has been cleared of misconduct charges after a tribunal found their…
